Horse-detacher



(No Model.)

G. AMOS.

' HORSE DETAGHER.

Patented Oct.

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PAT NT FFICE.

GEORGE AMOS, OF MILLDALE, KENTUCKY.

HORSE-DETACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,222, dated October 1, 1889. Application filed November 6, 1888. Serial No. 290,125r (No model.)

To al whom it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Anos, a citizen of the United States, and e resident of the town of Milldale, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Detaching Horses from Vehicles, of which the following is a specificetion.

The several features of my invention and the advantages arising from their use, conjointly or otherwise, will be apparent from the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specificetion, Figure 1 represenis a set of harness on a horse, provided with my device. Fig. 2 is a view of the detaching device, showing what may be termed the outside Fig. 3 is en edge view of the seine. Fig. 4: shows the opposite side of the device from that shown in Fig. 2.

The point A in the detaching device passes through the block B. It is surronnded within the block B by the spring O, which. hears against the collar a, on the pin A end a shoulder 0a in the block end tends to push the pin A forward. The pin A at one end is provided with the ring a' or other means by which the cord D may be Secured to it. The hook E is mounted on e shaft b, supported in the arms B', projecting from the block B. It is provided with the tail e at one end, While the other end has in it the Opening e' to receive the end of the pin A. The Spring F is so arranged as to hear against the tail e, a eonvenient arrangement being that shown in the drawings, where the Spring is wound around the shaft b and has its ends f attached to the block B, While its yoke f' presses against the mil e. The hook G is pleced on the back of the block B and serves as an attaohment for the trae-e H or backstrap I, according to the position it occupies.

In. attaching the device to harness the detaching device is put at the front end of each trece, the trece being attached to the hook Gr. The hook E of each detaching device engages with the heme-hook J or corresponding device of each side. One of the detaching devices is also inserted in the course of the back-strap I, as shown in Fig. 1. This backstrap I supports the side hacking strap or straps VV. The trace-detaching COI'dS D are conveniently led :from each side To the h0rse s back and then joined with the detachingcord D from the top detaching device, whence They are continued by a single cord to the vehicle. Instead of this arrangement each cord D may be separately led to the vehicle; or the cords D, for deteching the traces, nia-y be united behind the horse and continued by a single cord to the vehicle.

Vhen it becomes necessery to detach the horse from the vehicle, the cords D are drawn taut, thns withdrawing the pins A into the blocks B and permitting the springs F to throw the hooks E into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The hook E in this position escepes from its ettachment, thns deta-ching the horse from the vehicle.

To prevent an accident to the vehicle by the shefts dropping When the horse escapes, I provide the cord K, which extends from the vehicle to each shaft et Y and which serves to hold up the shefts after the horse has left them.

The point of attachment of cord K to the sha-ft may be varied as desired, a very convenient point of attachment being shown at Z, the eye atteched to the shaft and the cord K being shown in dotted lines.

The cords D and K may be made continuous, as shown, and arranged to pass over a pulley L at the bottom of the vehicle, where (as is preferably the case in teams) the backing-straps XV are omitted. The detaching device located on the back of the horse end in the Vicinity of the harness-saddle may also be omitted. i

What I claim as new, and desire to Secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of block B, detachingpin A, tension-spring O, snrrounding pin A, hook E, pivoted in block B and provided with arm e, Spring F, bearing against arm e, and trace-hook G,substantial1y as and for the purposes specified.

2'. The combination of block B, detachingpin A, tension-spring O, surrounding pin A, hook E, pivoted in hlock B and provided with arm e, Spring' F, beering against arm e, trace-hook G, cord D, pulley L, and cords K, attached to the shafts and cortinnous with cord D, substantially as and fur' the purposes specified.

GEO. AMOS.

Attest:

WM. E. JoNEs, G. A. W. PAVER.

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